The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, “Follow me.”
Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the Prophets also wrote-Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
Then Nathanael declares, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
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I wonder what Philip was doing under that fig tree? What could he have been doing that made him respond to Jesus the way that he did? Was it bad? Was he praying? Was he eating? What was he doing? This is a great reminder that God knows what you do…what you say…what you think. You can’t hide from Him. He examines the heart. He knows all. Stop living like He can’t see. Start living in the knowledge of knowing He sees.
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